A study from the Caltech/MIT Voting Project showed that while many issues still remain, voting accuracy is steadily improving in the United States, and much of it is due to improved tech. With the debacle of “hanging chads” in the 2000 presidential elections still lingering in the back of many voters’ minds, the group points […]
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This should come as no surprise at a time when a phrase like “binders full of women” can instantly become an Internet meme, but a new study shows that about 66 percent of social media users have used those platforms to comment about political candidates and issues. The Pew Research Center study says younger social […]
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GoPro staged an elaborate “media mystery adventure” day on Wednesday, inviting journalists from around the world to test out their latest camera, the HERO3 Black Edition, in one of three settings. I wound up on the “land adventure” list, which meant a day at the Sonoma Raceway, where we: got to sit within inches of […]
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Update 12:22 PST: Google shares resumed trading at 12:20 PST. Google accidentally released third quarter earnings early on Thursday. Publicly traded companies release quarterly finances carefully to manage the impact of the news on its stock prices. Google’s SEC filings appeared on the web a few hours ahead of schedule and included editorial comments like […]
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Twitter is about to become a TV channel. Believe Entertainment Group, a New York company that put a LeBron James animated series on YouTube last year, announced plans Wednesday to launch “EpicEDM,” the first original content video show to be posted exclusively on Twitter. TV shows from traditional broadcast and cable networks have long promoted […]
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